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Locked Up

2017 · 86 min

A grim, fast-moving survival thriller that keeps you tense as a trapped teenager fights hostile authority and gangs.

Directed by: Jared Cohn
Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Starring: Kelly McCart, Katrina Grey, Jared Cohn

Tagline: Not that innocent
Overview: When an American teenager gets bullied at her school in Southeast Asia, she fights back--and gets sent to a reform school. But the "school" is more like a prison, and the young teenager must fend off predatory guards and menacing gangs to survive

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Directed by: Jared Cohn
Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Starring: Kelly McCart, Katrina Grey, Jared Cohn

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
violence
isolation
justice
coming-of-age
Places: school
prison
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	5
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: thriller, crime, drama
Directed by: Jared Cohn
Written by: Jared Cohn
Starring: Kelly McCart, Katrina Grey, Jared Cohn, Kat Ingkarat, Maythavee Weiss, Anastasia Maslova, Christiana Chaiwanna, Kenneth Won
Music: Christopher Cano, Chris Ridenhour
Cinematography: Josh Maas
Runtime: 86 min
Country: Thailand, United States of America
Languages: English

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